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 Textbook: Tapscott, D., &Tapscott, A. (2016). Blockchain revolution: how the technology behind bitcoin is changing money, business, and the world. Penguin.  

Chapter-4: Re-Architecting the Firm: The Core and the Edges

 In chapter 4, the author describes four types of costs that blockchain technology can reduce. 

Assignment:

Which of the four cost types, if reduced through blockchain technology, would most impact the organization for which you currently work?  

What would be the most visible impact on your job role? How could you minimize any negative impact? 

Write Two pages APA format document 

Journal Structure:

• Title
• Introduction
• Content
• Conclusion
• Reference list

Technology is constantly evolving. Even if the slide deck had been made the day this assignment was due, something new would have come out in the meanwhile. Make a prediction about how a specific “new” technology will impact your work, personal life, or the future of the aerospace industry as a whole.

• Identify a new technology you think will have a significant impact and describe it in general terms, citing at least one credible specific source.
• Predict a significant impact this technology will have on your work, your personal life, or on the future of the aerospace industry as a whole.
• Identify a potential obstacle in the adoption of this technology within the next five years (cite at least one credible specific source).

This assignment uses TurnItIn to check for originality (to ensure it is not plagiarized). As this is partially an assessment of your ability to apply MS Word skills, the document must be submitted in .docx format.

Part1) 

   a) Why are the original/raw data not readily usable by analytics tasks? What are the main data preprocessing steps? List and explain their importance in analytics. 

   225 Words + 2 References

Part2) 

   a) How do you describe the importance of data in analyt- ics? Can we think of analytics without data? Explain.

   b) Considering the new and broad definition of business analytics, what are the main inputs and outputs to the analytics continuum?

   c) Where do the data for business analytics come from? What are the sources and the nature of those incoming data?

   d) What are the most common metrics that make for analytics-ready data?

   Min 200 words answer for each question.

Checklist:

APA Formatting

Part1 and Part2 needs to attached as two separate docs

Atleast 2 references for each part

Plagiarism report

1. In 4 pages or about 1000 words (excluding a cover page and reference page) write about final project topic (Information Assurance in Malware Analysis) using at least three references and in APA format. 

2. Also, upload a summary for presentation with at least 10 slides (excluding cover and reference page) with highlights and details (add pictures aswell) of your final project.

Use your own words and note that plagiarism score should not be more than 20.

This is NOT you casually talking about topics. 

You should be REPORTING EVIDENCE and EXAMPLES from what you read.

1. Identify the topic for this week. The title of this discussion board thread lists topics 
2. Find three high-quality sources of related information on the Internet. 
3. Read your chosen high-quality sources of related information.
4. state your three sources of information.
5. DESCRIBE each of the three sources of information within a few sentences providing EXAMPLES.
6. SUMMARIZE with three things about the topic that you want to remember forever.

 Information Assurance (IA) is the practice of safeguarding information and managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information or data, the systems and processes used for those purposes. In financial industry, how does information assurance applied, in assuring that debit and credit card information and other financial information is protected. 

Need 350 to 400 words and 2 references 

Discuss in 500 words your opinion whether Edward Snowden is a hero or a criminal. You might consider the First Amendment and/or the public’s right to know as well as national security concerns. 

Use at least three sources. Use the Research Databases available from the Danforth Library, not Google.   Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosing the copied words in quotation marks and cited in-line by reference to your reference list.  Example: “words you copied” (citation) These quotes should be one full sentence not altered or paraphrased. Cite your sources using APA format. Use the quotes in your paragraphs. Do Not Doublespace.

Copying without attribution or the use of spinbot or other word substitution software will result in a grade of 0. 

Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format. 

Do not use attachments as a submission. 

Reply to two classmates’ posting in a paragraph of at least five sentences by asking questions, reflecting on your own experience, challenging assumptions, pointing out something new you learned, offering suggestions. These peer responses are not ‘attaboys’.   You should make your initial post by Thursday evening so your classmates have an opportunity to respond before Sunday.at midnight when all three posts are due. 

It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply with the instructions regarding length of your post and that you reply to two classmates in a substantive way (not ‘nice post’ or the like).  Your goal is to help your colleagues write better. Do not use spinbot or other word replacement software. It usually results in nonsense and is not a good way to learn anything. . I will not spend a lot of my time trying to decipher nonsense. Proof read your work or have it edited. Find something interesting and/or relevant to your work to write about.  Please do not submit attachments unless requested.

Compare between different formal Cloud definition? Based on stale and standards? (include the NIST definitions)

Hint: SP 800-145 September 2011  The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing

write briefly on Cloud Computing Recommendations suggested by NIST .

Hint:  SP 800-146 May 2012  Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations

What are the Key Security and Privacy Issues?

Hints:  SP 800-144 December 2011  Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing

 Discussion : Define and describe virtualization. List the pros and cons of virtualization. 

Paper requirements:

For week 8, you will write a paper on virtualization. The following are the items to discuss in the paper:

• Define and describe virtualization.
• List the pros and cons of virtualization.
• List reasons why companies should virtualize.
• Define and describe the hypervisor. 
• Define and describe green computing.

Paper requirements:

• Minimum 1200 words (excluding title page, table of contents, abstract, and references pages)
• Minimum of four (4) references
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
• When submitting the assignment, please ensure you are submitting as an attached MS Word document.

Each student will write an 5-7 page paper on a conflict that he or she experienced in an organizational setting.  The submission must be typed, double-spaced, and have uniform 1-inch margins in 12-point Times New Roman font.  The organizational analysis will contain the following sections:

• Background and history that led to the conflict.
• How/why did the conflict escalate?
• How was the conflict resolved?
• What would the student have done differently, based on what he or she has learned in the class?